Your Brain on Latino Comics

So, recently I found out about two things:

1) Your Brain on Latino Comics by Frederick Luis Aldama
2) Latino Comics Expo 2011 in San Francisco, CA May 7th-8th

Your Brain on Latino Comics has sort of became my new little bible. It's packed full of info regarding traditional comics and comic strips regarding the Latino community. It's so funny to be flipping through this book as well, and to have spoken to so many of these creators online. I'm in love with this book, and I think it's well worth checking out!

341 pages! ISBN: 978-0-292-71973-6

Then we have the Latino Comics Expo. This happened over Mothers' Day weekend. Sadly I don't live near SF, so I wasn't able to attend. But now that it is on my radar (This was actually the first year for the event), I will have to keep it in mind for the future. So many people attending that I'd love to meet, it really sounded like the place to be for me. Not sure if they are giving out booths like a typical con, but it's also something I'd like to get involved with too.

Speaking of cons, I'll be at the Spokane ComiCon 2011, which will start at 10am at Spokane Falls Community College. I've been getting everything ready. This will be my third year at this convention, and each year my booth gets more elaborate, and I get just a little more prepared. I hope to see some of you this Saturday!

Preparing for Spokane ComiCon

So today I'm packing whatever I can in some tubs, and double checking everything for the con. It's a real stress, but it's also so much fun. I'm pretty proud this year because I'll have a really nice display for my art, I'll have my ipad for art references, plus I'll be using my iPad with the Square App to accept major credit cards. This will probably be the most professional my booth will look yet!

I'm also beating myself up over not finishing The Heidegger Experiment mini comic. I'll just have to suck it up and finish that and more next time. Every year I'm learning more, and expanding more. It's really great.

One last note, I also made sure to pack something I think every artist with a booth should have:  a dispenser of hand sanitizer. Have it available for attendees, and use it yourself. I shake a lot of people's hands, touch people's belongings, they touch my stuff, etc.

Yo Gabba Gabba print designs

I just finished these up to display at the Spokane ComiCon this Saturday. I'm pretty stoked about them, they were fun to make!

My girlfriend's nephew loves this show, and it's not hard to see why. It's creative, it's silly, it makes you laugh and dance. I'm glad not everything for kids these days is either junk flash style animations or Sponge Bob.

Kettle Brand TIAS

I just saw at my local Yokes Fresh Market that there is a new brand of Kettle chips called Tias:

I'm curious, are these chips made from real or artificial tías? Where are they getting their tías? It looks like their headquarters are located in Salem, Oregon; perhaps I should check Salem local papers for an unusually high report of missing tías?

All joking aside, I really think their marketing and branding team dropped the ball on this one. Nobody who speaks Spanish wants to eat an aunt flavored chip...

Frankenstein's Monster

Just finished this Frankenstein painting. 18"x24" acrylic on canvas.

It's also for sale on Etsy: http://etsy.me/fJU00T Stay tuned for a Bride of Frankenstein!

CSG Anthology reviewed

Nicole Sixx of Comicbooked.com gives the ComicSmiths' Guild Anthology a review! Check out the writeup and the video!

http://ow.ly/4hIWS

Two Color Stencil Design

Did a two color stencil design tutorial at deviantArt last week. Here's the link:
http://fav.me/d3bdhiu




I hope this helps some people out, it's a simple and effective way to make your own shirts with cheap products so you don't have to invest much into one or two designs.

Sorry I haven't been updating as much as I should. I've been posting work at my deviantArt account, just not as regularly here. I also still need to revamp my website, it's annoying.